IT’S A REWARDING activity, fostering children – and now Tower Hamlets Council is running an event so that you can find out more about it. As well as children, the Council also runs a scheme – “Shared Lives” – which ...

THE WILDFIRES in France and Spain have hit the headlines this summer – but there have also been wildfires in England and Scotland. Now we know how quickly a small blaze can get out of control, we all need to ...

FIFTY YEARS AGO we were humming along to the hits of 1976. Some have magnificently stood the test of time; others have not. Join us on Memory Lane as we review them on their golden anniversaries. Elton John and Kiki ...

IT’S BEEN the sort of summer that’s sent millions of people out to buy a domestic fan to use at home. Now B&Q has issued an alert: one of the fans it has been selling could set fire to your ...

IT’S CONGRATULATIONS to Providence Row Outreach Psychotherapy Service’s “A Place Within”, which is one of the three winners of the London Homelessness Awards for 2026. The London Homelessness Awards are sponsored by the London Homelessness Foundation, London Housing Directors, the ...

Maruf Ahmed All 55 of Europe’s national football associations have voted to support a potential boycott of future FIFA tournaments if the global governing body presses ahead with controversial proposals that critics say could effectively “privatise” the FIFA World Cup. ...

মারিফ আহমেদ-এর লেখা ভডটক একাডেমি বার্কিং অ্যান্ড ডেগেনহ্যামে একটি উদ্ভাবনী সামার মিডিয়া সিরিজ চালু করেছে, যা চাকরি খুঁজছেন, ভবিষ্যৎ পেশা নিয়ে ভাবছেন এবং আত্মবিশ্বাস, দক্ষতা ও অভিজ্ঞতা গড়ে তোলার সুযোগ খুঁজছেন—এমন তরুণদের জন্য একটি বাস্তবভিত্তিক পথ তৈরি করছে। এই কর্মসূচি ...

EVERYONE in Bangladesh relies on the country producing food to eat. But a staggering number also rely on the Bangladeshi agricultural industry for their job: the sector accounts for around 10% of the economy and it employs around 40% of ...

THE COLLISION took place at 9.15pm on Whalebone Lane – the A12 – in Romford. A car had collided with a motorbike. The emergency services responded quickly. The London Ambulance Service, the Air Ambulance and the London Fire Brigade all ...

ONE OF the down sides to children going back to schools is that parents have to fork out for school uniforms, PE kits, etc. That’s why Mayor Lutfur Rahman has stepped in to cheer up less well-off families by funding ...